Nation in Focus

December 22, 2013

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Two-year-old Ava Daigle falls into her mom and youth minister Kristina's arms before greeting Santa, Saturday Dec. 21, 2013, for the first annual Breakfast with Santa event at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Odessa, Texas. The event featured breakfast, caroling, crafts and a photo with Santa. The money raised at the event benefits sending the youth group to the Steubenville of the Rockies Catholic Youth Conference on July 18-20, 2014 in Denver and to the World Youth Day 2016 in Poland. Along with the church raising funds themselves, they are accepting online donations at www.youcaring.com/youthofjohnbosco. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Edyta Blaszczyk)

Edyta Blaszczyk/Associated Press

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Two-year-old Ava Daigle falls into her mom and youth minister Kristina's arms before greeting Santa, Saturday Dec. 21, 2013, for the first annual Breakfast with Santa event at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Odessa, Texas. The event featured breakfast, caroling, crafts and a photo with Santa. The money raised at the event benefits sending the youth group to the Steubenville of the Rockies Catholic Youth Conference on July 18-20, 2014 in Denver and to the World Youth Day 2016 in Poland. Along with the church raising funds themselves, they are accepting online donations at www.youcaring.com/youthofjohnbosco. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Edyta Blaszczyk)